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Scripps Research scientists train the immune system to make antibodies against numerous HIV strains
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Scripps Research scientists train the immune system to make antibodies against numerous HIV strains

Joan Pulupa. Credit: Timothy White
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Joan Pulupa joins Scripps Research faculty to study the organization of DNA in brain cells and its links to neurodegeneration

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  • TIME100 Health list features Scripps Research Professor Darrell Irvine
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    TIME100 Health list features Scripps Research Professor Darrell Irvine

    Irvine is recognized for his work in empowering the immune system to fight disease, which includes enhancing vaccines against HIV and cancer. 

  • Welch Award Honors 2 Scientists for Innovations in Chemical Biology
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    Welch Award Honors 2 Scientists for Innovations in Chemical Biology

    President and CEO Pete Schultz is honored for expanding the genetic code and the development and application of large scale “diversity-based” approaches to the discovery of novel proteins, drugs and modern materials.

  • Scripps Research assistant professor receives American Diabetes Association award
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    Scripps Research assistant professor receives American Diabetes Association award

    ADA’s $1.3 million grant will support the Droujinine lab’s research of interorgan dialogue to develop therapeutics for diabetes management.

  • Collaboration awards enable scientists to design new medicines, more precisely edit DNA and fight drug-resistant bacteria
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    Collaboration awards enable scientists to design new medicines, more precisely edit DNA and fight drug-resistant bacteria

    Scripps Research announces its 2024 recipients of Collaborative Innovation Fund grants.

  • Scripps Research neuroscientist Li Ye named an HHMI Investigator
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    Scripps Research neuroscientist Li Ye named an HHMI Investigator

    This honor from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute recognizes Ye’s “whole-body” approach to studying the how the brain functions in healthy versus diseased states.

  • Scripps Research scientists honored with prestigious CZI awards to address diseases tied to aging
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    Scripps Research scientists honored with prestigious CZI awards to address diseases tied to aging

    Christopher Parker and Giordano Lippi are unraveling the metabolic and protein mechanisms, respectively, that go awry in aging and disease—including Alzheimer’s.

  • Scripps Research professor K. Barry Sharpless receives 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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    Scripps Research professor K. Barry Sharpless receives 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry

    Sharpless awarded his second Nobel Prize in Chemistry–one of only two chemists to ever receive such an honor.

  • Chi-Huey Wong awarded Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis
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    Chi-Huey Wong awarded Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Synthesis

    Wong’s discoveries and technologies have fundamentally shaped our understanding of complex carbohydrates and glycoproteins, as well as uncovered new therapeutic strategies to treat major diseases.

  • Xin Jin named one of 35 Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review
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    Xin Jin named one of 35 Innovators Under 35 by MIT Technology Review

    Recognizing outstanding innovators younger than 35, the annual list examines not just where technology is now, but where it’s going and who’s taking it there.

  • Scripps Research awarded $67 million by NIH to lead new pandemic preparedness center
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    Scripps Research awarded $67 million by NIH to lead new pandemic preparedness center

    The multidisciplinary center will focus on development of antiviral drugs to combat coronaviruses and other viruses with pandemic potential.

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    Neuroscientist Li Ye named to inaugural Abide-Vividion Chair at Scripps Research

    Prestigious appointment will support his innovative imaging techniques and investigations into the relationship between metabolism and neurons.

  • Xin Jin receives Early Career Investigator Award from International Society for Autism Research
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    Xin Jin receives Early Career Investigator Award from International Society for Autism Research

    The award is granted for the highest quality empirical research in the field of autism published in the past year.

  • Chi-Huey Wong selected for 2022 Chemical Pioneer Award
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    Chi-Huey Wong selected for 2022 Chemical Pioneer Award

    Wong is recognized for his outstanding contributions that have had significant impact in the chemical sciences in both academia and industry.

  • Scripps Research Professor Benjamin Cravatt awarded 2022 Wolf Prize in Chemistry
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    Scripps Research Professor Benjamin Cravatt awarded 2022 Wolf Prize in Chemistry

    Cravatt awarded prestigious prize for breakthroughs in understanding the role of proteins in biological processes and diseases.

  • Scripps Research scientist Daniel Murin receives Katz Early Stage Investigator Award
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    Scripps Research scientist Daniel Murin receives Katz Early Stage Investigator Award

    The award supports an innovative project that represents an exciting change in research direction for an early stage investigator.

  • Scripps Research garners 17 places on global ranking of most highly cited researchers
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    Scripps Research garners 17 places on global ranking of most highly cited researchers

    The annual list represents the “who’s who” of influential researchers who have impacted their field over the past decade.

  • San Diego research centers receive $15 million to train next generation of regenerative medicines scientists
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    San Diego research centers receive $15 million to train next generation of regenerative medicines scientists

    Scripps Research and two other San Diego research institutions each received grants of around $5 million from CIRM to support the training of graduate students, postdoctoral trainees, and clinical trainees.

  • Scripps Research neuroscientist Ardem Patapoutian receives 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology
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    Scripps Research neuroscientist Ardem Patapoutian receives 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology

    Patapoutian is being recognized for his groundbreaking research that solved a long-standing mystery of how the body senses touch and other mechanical stimuli.

  • Scripps Research scientists and student garner prestigious American Chemical Society awards
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    Scripps Research scientists and student garner prestigious American Chemical Society awards

    Recognition for scientific advancements benefitting humanity go to four Scripps Research scientists and a student.

  • Scripps Research Professor Chi-Huey Wong receives Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry
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    Scripps Research Professor Chi-Huey Wong receives Robert A. Welch Award in Chemistry

    Wong has been recognized for revolutionary advances in chemistry and biology.

  • Scripps Research biochemist Jeffery Kelly wins Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
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    Scripps Research biochemist Jeffery Kelly wins Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences

    Scientist focused on the origami of proteins recognized for inventing treatment for heart and neurological diseases, with relevance for Alzheimer’s.

  • Chemist Hans Renata named a ‘Talented 12’ top chemist by news magazine C&EN
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    Chemist Hans Renata named a ‘Talented 12’ top chemist by news magazine C&EN

    Florida chemist among “Talented 12” top chemists celebrated by industry magazine.

  • Michael Constantinides receives 2021 Baxter Foundation Young Investigator Award
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    Michael Constantinides receives 2021 Baxter Foundation Young Investigator Award

    The award will support the lab’s investigation of early-life immunity to prevent neonatal infections.

  • Scripps Research scientist Evert Njomen awarded prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship
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    Scripps Research scientist Evert Njomen awarded prestigious Howard Hughes Medical Institute fellowship

    The Hanna H. Gray Fellowship supports early career life scientists and promotes diversity within the biomedical research community.

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